One of the greatest sports car nameplates from Japan is returning for a second round with Honda’s re-born NSX supercar back on track after a fiery incident in the summer.
Over the past two years, the NSX has been making motor show and even racing appearances around the world with both Acura and Honda badges in concept form. As you can see from the prototype, the changes over the most recent NSX concept are minimal with the production car to be almost identical.
The Japanese firm wants to repeat the formula of the original model by creating an everyday supercar capable of competing with anything from a Porsche 911 to a Ferrari 458 and a McLaren 620S at a price of around $100,000, or the same levels as Nissan’s GT-R.
It will get a mid-mounted, twin-turbo V6 paired to an electric motor driving the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual clutch transmission, and twin-electric motors turning the front wheels, with the system expected to deliver more than 400 ponies.
The introduction of the new NSX is imminent and could happen as early as January at the 2015 Detroit motor show, with the car scheduled for launch by the summer of the same year. It will be built at Honda’s US plant in Ohio.
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